Waseem Qasim

paediatric immunologist

Waseem Qasim is a paediatric immunologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, renowned for his pioneering work in gene therapy and immunology. He gained international recognition for being part of the team that first utilized base editing, a groundbreaking gene editing technique developed by David Liu, to treat a patient with leukaemia. His innovative approach involved modifying T-cells to attack cancer cells, leading to a successful treatment for Alyssa Tapley, a young patient who had exhausted other options.